英语释义

1. a contestant who runs best when in the lead

2. a leading contestant in or as if in a rivalry or competition
a political front-runner

3. the person or thing that is most likely to win a race or competition

片语

pace-setter领跑者；带头人；先导

英汉例句

• the company, which was considered the frontrunner to win the contract, blamed technical factors including the harsh desert environment, but said it remains committed to rapid overseas expansion.

  中国南车曾被认为是竞争该合同的领跑者。该公司将这一决定归咎于严酷的沙漠环境等技术因素，但表示仍将致力于在海外迅速扩张。

• emile hirsch’s stellar turn as a bent soul on a journey in into the wild makes him the frontrunner for apocalypse now‘s main character.

  埃米尔?赫斯基（emilehirsch）在《荒野生存》里凭借出演一个旅途中一往无前的灵魂而华丽转身，也使其成为《现代启示录》主角竞争的领跑者。

• already, china is a frontrunner in addressing the urban slum challenge and in embracing green technologies, renewable energy sources and green business models.

  事实上，在解决城市贫民窟的挑战的问题上，在利用推广绿色技术、可再生能源以及绿色业务模式发展方面，中国已经走在了最前沿。

• that is where molycorp – the frontrunner for now in a global race to develop alternative production of rare earth materials – hopes to step in.

  这就是molycorp——目前全球发展稀土材料的替代生产的领跑者——希望介入的原因。

• huckabee is looking to build momentum after he defeated frontrunner john mccain in contests in kansas and louisiana, while mccain pulled out a narrow victory in washington state.

  哈克比希望他在堪萨斯州和路易斯安那州击败目前领先的麦凯恩后，建立取胜的势头。麦凯恩在华盛顿州以微小之差距获胜。

• amazon aws is the frontrunner in providing cloud infrastructure with the largest breadth of products and most mature offerings in iaas.

  amazonaws是云基础设施的领跑者，它在iaas上拥有最多的产品和最成熟的供给。

• russia strongly backed mr yanukovich in 2004. this time, the kremlin would settle for either frontrunner and has also promised no gas war this christmas.

  在2004年，俄罗斯力挺亚努科维奇，而这回，无论谁获胜，克鲁姆林宫都会欣然接受，并且许诺了，这个圣诞，大家不会闻到「天然气」的硝烟。

• oscar nominations resulted in an immediate box-office boost on tuesday, led by frontrunner the king’s speech, which saw revenue surge 66% by the end of the day.

  在周二公布的奥斯卡奖入围名单即刻转换成了一剂票房良药，众入围影片的票房成绩无不大幅提升。其中，独领风骚获得12项入围，领跑提名名单的《国王的演讲》在周二当天便有110万美元进账，而前一天该片的票房仅为635465美元，北美地区的累计已经达到了5900万美元。

• romney went on to win contests in wyoming and michigan, but lost crucial florida and south carolina to mccain, further cementing mccain's position as republican frontrunner ahead of super tuesday.

  罗姆尼在怀俄明州与密歇根州获胜，但是在关键的佛罗里达州和南卡罗里那州却败给麦凯恩。 在超级星期二来临前，这更加固了麦凯恩在共和党中领跑者地位。

• but, as of today, john mccain is the frontrunner for the republican nomination, thanks to a clear, hanging chad-free victory in florida.

  但基于目前的情况，约翰·麦凯恩在佛罗里达初选干脆利落的完胜让他成为共和党候选人中的领跑者，尽管麦凯恩比他的主要竞争对手米特·罗姆尼的竞选经费少得多。

• the uk has committed to one post-combustion ccs demonstration, with the frontrunner being the proposed new e.on coal plant at kingsnorth in kent.

  英国已经承诺，在领先的能源集团e.on提议于肯特郡kingsnorth兴建的煤电厂附近，要兴建一座二次燃烧后碳捕获及储存技术的示范工厂。

• come january, all eyes will be on iowa and new hampshire as voters seek to discover who will emerge as the republican frontrunner to contend against president barack obama.

  一月一到，所有目光都将聚焦在爱荷华州和新罕布什尔州（美国州名）。选民都想知道谁会成为共和党的领跑人，与现任总统奥巴马竞选新一届总统。

• perry also hopes to win support from economic conservatives who have favored the frontrunner for the republican nomination, former massachusetts governor mitt romney.

  佩里还希望能够赢得一直青睐共和党竞选阵营的领跑者、前麻萨诸塞州州长罗姆尼的经济保守人士的支持。

• franco is such a celebrated actor—he’s a frontrunner in this year’s oscar race for his performance in danny boyle’s 127 hours—why would he even risk a second career?

  弗朗哥是一位如此着名的演员—在今年的奥斯卡角逐中，他凭借在丹尼·博伊尔的电影《127小时》里的演出成为有力竞争者—为何他要冒险开创第二事业？